Masanobu Fujioka

CTO, Ericsson Japan

Nov. 29, 2016

Ericssons View on Evolution from TD-LTE to 5G

Seamless NW Evolution from 4G to 5G | Ericsson Confidential | 2016-11-10 | Page 2

5G = Network for Networked Society

LOW COST, LOW ENERGY

SMALL DATA VOLUMES

MASSIVE NUMBERS

ULTRA RELIABLE

VERY LOW LATENCY

VERY HIGH AVAILABILITY

Critical MTC (cMTC)

TRAFFIC SAFETY &

CONTROL

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

& CONTROL

REMOTE

MANUFACTURING,

TRAINING, SURGERY

Massive MTC (mMTC)

CAPILLARY NETWORKS

LOGISTICS, TRACKING AND FLEET

MANAGEMENT

SMART

AGRICULTURE

SMART BUILDING

SMART

METER

Enhanced Broadband (eMBB)

Smartphones

4K/8K UHD, Broadcasting, VR/AR

Home, Enterprise, Venues, Mobile/Wireless/Fixed

Non-SIM

devices

Low Latency . High Capacity . High Speed

MTC: Machine Type Communications

5G Radio = NR + LTE Evolution

LTE LTE

NR

LTE

NR

NR

New radio-access technology

Existing spectrum

Interworking

New spectrum

Evolution of LTE Backwards compatible

Overall 5G solution NR (New Radio)

1 GHz 3 GHz 10 GHz 30 GHz 100 GHz

Gradual migration

Seamless NW Evolution from 4G to 5G | Ericsson Confidential | 2016-11-10 | Page 4

First 5G NR RADIO AIR 6468 (Antenna Integrated Radio)

5G NR Radio

6468 AIR

FIRST COMMERCIAL 5G NR

MASSIVE MIMO RADIO

64T / 64R active antenna system

LTE and 5G NR going forward

Supports 5G plug-ins: Massive MIMO and Multi-user MIMO

Beamforming as part of Cloud RAN split baseband architecture

Works with todays Ericsson Radio System Baseband

56 times capacity compared to 8T / 8R configuration

First deployments mid 2017 for TD-LTE

Seamless NW Evolution from 4G to 5G | Ericsson Confidential | 2016-11-10 | Page 5

Massive MIMO

Multi-user MIMO

Latency reduction

RAN virtualization

Intelligent connectivity

Ericsson 5G Plug-ins Innovative SW applying 5G technical concept to 4G

5g

Mobile

Broadband IoT Indoor

Public

Safety

Fixed

Wireless

Access

4G VoLTE

Existing

baseband HW

re-used with

new SW

Network Evolution towards 5G

LTE

LTE LTE

NR/EPC

Evolved EPC

LTE

NR/EPC

NR/NGCN

NR

NR

NR

S1 New

LTEeEPC NReEPC

Seamless

evolution

LTENGCN

NRNGCN

NextGen Core NW

NRNGCN

One network for Various use cases

@

VNF VNF

Virtualization Software Defined

Networking

(SDN)

Distributed

Cloud

Network

Slicing

Virtualization Network slicing Flexible function allocation

Distributed cloud

Separation of control and data

Efficient use of physical resources

Management & Orchestration & Analytics & Exposure

Local Switching Primary

Aggregation Access Aggregation Radio-base Station Site Antenna Location

Fro

nth

au

l

HSS OSS

eNB PDN GW

Backhaul

MME PCRF SGW

Local Switching Primary

Aggregation Access Aggregation Radio-base Station Site Antenna Location

Fro

nth

au

l

HSS OSS

eNB SGW PGW

Backhaul

MME

Local Switching Primary

Aggregation Access Aggregation Radio-base Station Site Antenna Location

Fro

nth

au

l

HSS OSS MME

PCRF

eNB SGW PGW

Backhaul

cMTC

eMBB

mMTC

Ericsson 5G Radio Testbed

Phase 1

2014~ 400 MHz BW 4 Stream MIMO 5+ Gbps Peak Rate Scalable OFDM

2015~2016 800MHz BW Beam Forming/Tracking Multi-User MIMO 10+ Gbps/user, 20+Gbps/site

2017+~ End-to-End Trial

Network From Factor for Pre-

Commercial Trial

Phase 2

Phase 3

Global 5g momentum

27 Operator MoUs

12 Industry partners

~20 Universities and

Research institutes

Technology Components Verified

28GHz

Testbed

Antenna Massive antenna

Beam forming Multi-user MIMO

Beam Tracking

5G Field Trials

Cross-Industry 5G Trials